by pddg_admin | Mar 9, 2018 | Legal Developments and News
The California Department of Education (CDE) recently ruled that a seventh grade social studies teacher presented material to her class about Islamic Sharia Law that was discriminatory and biased. The material was downloaded from an anti-Muslim website and included...
by pddg_admin | Mar 7, 2018 | Legal Developments and News
On February 23, 2018, the California Department of Education (CDE) released state-sanctioned guidelines that include social and emotional learning to help students develop a range of skills in addition to cognitive skills. These new guidelines reflect the ongoing...
by pddg_admin | Mar 2, 2018 | Legal Developments and News
On Monday, February 27, 2018, Governor Brown announced the appointment of Arthur Krantz and Erich W. Shiners as new Board Members to the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). The Governor also announced the reappointment of Priscilla S. Winslow as a PERB Board...
by pddg_admin | Feb 21, 2018 | Legal Developments and News
On February 7, 2018, the Court of Appeal of the State of California, in Today’s Fresh Start Charter School v. Inglewood Unified School District (2018) ___Cal.App.5th___, held that a petition for material revision of an existing charter is governed by different...
by pddg_admin | Feb 13, 2018 | Legal Developments and News
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently clarified the limits on the ability of a district to regulate speech on its property. In Eagle Point Education Association/SOBC/OEA v. Jackson County School District No. 9 (9th Cir. 2018) __ F.3d. __ [2018 WL 560527] the...
by pddg_admin | Feb 6, 2018 | Legal Developments and News
Last month, a California appellate court held that the deliberative process privilege protected identities of persons who communicated with a government agency from disclosure under the California Public Records Act (CPRA). (Labor and Workforce Development Agency v....
by pddg_admin | Jan 25, 2018 | Legal Developments and News
School districts are authorized to levy a fee against any construction within the boundaries of the district, for the purpose of funding the construction or reconstruction of school facilities necessitated by the development. (Ed. Code, §17620(a)(1).) School impact...
by pddg_admin | Jan 1, 2018 | Press Releases
San Francisco, CA – Dannis Woliver Kelley, California’s premier education law firm, is very pleased to announce the elevation of Shareholders Roman Munoz and Marie Nakamura to Equity Shareholders. DWK managing shareholder Candace Bandoian said “Roman and Marie’s...
